Falange

American  

[fey-lanj, fah-lahn-he] / ˈfeɪ lændʒ, fɑˈlɑn hɛ /

noun

1. the official state political party in Spain from 1936 until disbandment in 1977.

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Falange British  

/ ˈfælændʒ, faˈlanxe /

noun

1. the Fascist movement founded in Spain in 1933; the one legal party in Spain under the regime of Franco

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Other Word Forms

• Falangist noun

Etymology

Origin of Falange

< Spanish, short for Falange Española Tradicionalista Traditionalist Spanish Phalanx

Example Sentences

In April, the remains of Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of Spain's fascist Falange movement that supported the Francoist regime, were exhumed from the mausoleum.

From Reuters • Jun. 11, 2023

His casket was taken by hearse to Madrid’s San Isidro cemetery, where a small group of supporters broke through a police cordon to perform fascist salutes and to sing the Falange anthem.

From Washington Times • Apr. 24, 2023

Songs included French classics and nursery rhymes, but also others with a more questionable past including songs linked to the Spanish fascist Falange of the 1930s and Nazi Germany.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2023

They did not even control all of the administration of the new state party, the Falange Española Tradicionalista.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2017

They took out the Falange party records of Ansaldo and Marina, put them under a camera, and sent the pictures to San Hermano with this agent.

From The Five Arrows by Chase, Allan